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US Plant Patent PP12326

Summer Joy White

Portulaca plant named ‘Summer Joy White’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 13, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12326, the photograph of Summer Joy White printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12326, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP12326
Filed
July 13, 1999
Granted
January 1, 2002
Expires
July 13, 2019
Inventor
MATSUKIZONO HIROMI

Abstract

Portulaca ‘Summer Joy White’ is a new variety of Portulaca oleracea . This plant has a vigorous, spreading plant growth which produces large, white flowers having a greenish-yellow center.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12326 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.